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World's oldest evidence of cancer discovered

Modern medicine tends to assume that cancers and tumours in humans are diseases caused by modern lifestyles and...

28 July 2016 4:43 PM IST

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Repeated racist attacks may damage mental health: study

Several studies have already linked racial discrimination to poor mental and physical health.

28 July 2016 4:30 PM IST

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Sweat the fat out

Losing 18 kg in 30 days, as in case of Parineeti Chopra, which comes in the category of rapid weight loss, is not good...

24 July 2016 10:44 PM IST

Get fit this monsoon!

Monsoon’s here and many just want to snuggle up inside a blanket with a novel or watch TV. But here are a few...

23 July 2016 10:26 PM IST

Behavioural activation can reduce stress levels. (Photo: Pixabay)

Simple 'talk therapy' can help cut cost of curing the blues

Behavioural activation is an 'outside in' treatment, that focuses on helping people with depression, to change the way...

23 July 2016 5:14 PM IST

Cure for HIV is hard to find (Photo: File Photo)

No quick HIV cure, need lot more basic study: researchers

Cure is not impossible, but to have a real cure is really very, very hard.

23 July 2016 12:13 PM IST

Tinnitus can cause impairment if it is persistent and bothersome. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ringing in the ears plagues nearly one in 10 US adults

About 27 percent of tinnitus sufferers in the study reported having the condition for more than 15 years.

23 July 2016 10:52 AM IST

Quitting smoking can result in lower consumption of alcohol (Photo: File Photo)

Smokers quitting tobacco also drink less alcohol: study

It may be that smokers choose to restrict their alcohol consumption when attempting to quit smoking, to reduce the...

23 July 2016 10:51 AM IST

Switching off ADAM33 can reduce features of asthma (Photo: File Photo)

Is preventing asthma as easy as stopping this rogue gene

If you switch off ADAM33, the features of asthma - airway remodelling, twitchiness and inflammation will be reduced

22 July 2016 11:54 AM IST

Chlamydia vaccine development efforts in the past three decades have been unproductive. (Photo: Pixabay)

Soon, a 'needle-free' vaccine for STI Chlamydia

Chlamydia is a common STI that is mostly asymptomatic but impacts 113 million people around the world each year.

21 July 2016 9:08 AM IST

The blood level of PSA, a protein produced by cells of the prostate gland, is often elevated in men with prostate cancer. (Phot

Incurable prostate cancer cases up by 70 per cent in US

Most patients with metastatic prostate cancer die from the disease.

20 July 2016 11:58 AM IST

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Rye bread intake can help ease irritable bowel syndrome

It has been revealed that the people, who ate rye bread low in FODMAP experienced ease than patients who ate normal rye...

20 July 2016 9:29 AM IST